South Asia

Is the US Still Leading in Global Trade?

By Global Business & Economics Program

In the last two decades, the Asia Pacific region has signed sixty-five free trade agreements. South America, Eurasia, and Europe combined have signed over one-hundred and fifty agreements. Over the same period, the US has signed twelve agreements.

Guruswamy on Obama’s Visit to India

Mohan Guruswamy, nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, writes in The Asian Age newspaper in India that US President Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi this week marks a “coming out” for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “As far as Indo-US relations go, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done well for […]

The Fiscal Times Quotes Huntsman and Gopalaswamy

By Huntsman and Gopalaswamy

The Fiscal Times quotes Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and South Asia Center Acting Director Bharath Gopalaswamy on US policy toward India from a joint opinion piece for Reuters:

Huntsman and Gopalaswamy: United States and India: Two Democracies Can Join to Balance China’s Rise

By Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and Bharath Gopalaswamy

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and South Asia Center Acting Director Bharath Gopalaswamy write for Reuters on President Obama’s trip to India:

Huntsman on President Obama’s Trip to India

By Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

Politico quotes Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. on China’s reaction to President Obama’s trip to India:

Gopalaswamy: “This is the New Modi Government”

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Mashable quotes South Asia Center Acting Director Bharath Gopalaswamy on security measures surrounding President Obama’s trip to India:

Mr. Obama Goes to New Delhi; India Keeps US Guessing

By Ashish Kumar Sen

While US Articulates a Defined Role for India in Asia, the Reverse Is Not True President Barack Obama’s visit to India shows the importance he places on that relationship, but New Delhi has yet to spell out where the US fits into its plans, says Bharath Gopalaswamy, a South Asia analyst at the Atlantic Council. […]